Duterte scouting for a new presidential spokesperson

Salvador Panelo’s days as spokesman may be numbered as President Rodrigo Duterte said he was scouting for a new one.

Duterte said Panelo couldn’t handle the job.

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“I don’t think he can position himself to be a spokesman. Maybe in the meantime, but I’m considering other names,” Duterte said in an ambush interview in Boracay after leading the distribution of land titles there.

The President said he wanted someone from the media to be the next spokesperson.

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